This machine was last overhauled in February 1955, and last turned out Crepe silk, probably dress material.
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Many of the higher floors were more or less demolished–usually more. These would have been condos had ‘The Arcade’ project come to fruition. Now there are simply wide open floors punctuated only by pillars and meaningless hallways.
Unit 4’s lower levels.
The Engine House’s boiler, which would have been fired all day all day, virtually from the day the shop opened until the day it closed.
For some time, tugboats were stored next to the elevator.
A 8-foot-tall volume indicator that could be read from across the beet boiler floor–convenient when the controls are 20 feet away.
Because painted signs would not hold up in this spot–in between four ovens that were literally hot enough to melt steel inside. Solution: Cut the pipe labels into the sheet metal. Seems to have worked.
Looking out at the town water tower (which I love) from the sugar mill (which I also love).
Presumably, in a nuclear blast the antenna would be blown flat and pop back up, allowing communication even after a near-direct hit.